Mar 3, 2022
Ice Chips: Ehlers likely to return Friday vs. Stars
Keep updated on all the injury news and roster updates from around the NHL with daily Ice Chips.
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Keep updated on all the injury news and roster updates from around the NHL with daily Ice Chips.
Winnipeg Jets
All signs point to forward Nikolaj Ehlers making his return to the lineup Friday against the Dallas Stars, tweets TSN's Sara Orlesky.
All signs point to Nikolaj Ehlers returning to the #NHLJets lineup Fri vs DAL. He declared himself ready to go today and was practicing on a line with Copp and Lowry. @TSN_Edge
— Sara Orlesky (@saraorlesky) March 3, 2022
Ehlers declared himself ready to go Thursday and was practicing on a line with Andrew Copp and Adam Lowry, Orlesky tweets.
The 26-year-old has been sidelined since Jan. 16 because of a knee injury.
He has 13 goals and 12 assists in 34 games so far this season for the Jets, his seventh with the organization.
Montreal Canadiens
Andrew Hammond will get the nod for the Montreal Canadiens as they take on the Flames at the Saddledone Thursday night, tweets TSN's Salim Valji.
The 34-year-old was acquired by the Habs in a trade with the Minnesota Wild last month. He has a 1.72 goals-against average and .939 save percentage in three games since the deal.
Meanwhile, head coach Martin St. Louis told reporters that Mathieu Perreault will be a healthy scratch while Michael Pezzetta draws in.
Martin St-Louis indique que Michael Pezzetta jouera ce soir, tandis que Mathieu Perreault sera laissé de côté.
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) March 3, 2022
Martin St-Louis confirms that Michael Pezzetta will play tonight, while Mathieu Perreault is a healthy scratch.#GoHabsGo
Here were their lines at morning skate:
Caufield-Suzuki-Anderson
Hoffman-Dauphin-Gallagher
Pitlick-Evans-Lehkonen
Armia-Poehling-Pezzetta
Romanov-Chiarot
Kulak-Petry
Schueneman-Wideman
Hammond
Ottawa Senators
Head coach D.J. Smith announced that Anton Forsberg will start between the pipes Thursday night on the road against the Florida Panthers.
DJ Smith - Forsberg gets the start tonight.
— TSN 1200 (@TSN1200) March 3, 2022
Forsberg was last in action just over a week ago, stopping 40 of 43 shots in a win over the Minnesota Wild.
In 24 games so far this season, Forsberg is 11-8-2 with a save percentage of .917 and a goals-against average of 2.79.
Meanwhile, forward Adam Gaudette draws out of the lineup with forward Josh Norris making his return after being out since Jan. 27.
Roster update: The #Sens have re-assigned forward Scott Sabourin to @BellevilleSens.
— Sens Communications (@Media_Sens) March 3, 2022
The Sens also announced that forward Scott Sabourin has been re-assigned to the AHL's Belleville Senators.
He has zero goals and zero assists in four NHL games so far this season.
Edmonton Oilers
Mikko Koskinen will get the start in net Thursday night against the Chicago Blackhawks, the team announced.
Mikko starts tonight in Chicago. #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/kyY46gIE1a
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) March 3, 2022
The 33-year-old has a save percentage of .905 and a goals-against average of 3.02 in 30 games so far this season, his fourth with Edmonton.
Calgary Flames
Here were the Flames lines at their morning skate ahead of Thursday's matchup with the Montreal Canadiens courtesy of TSN's Salim Valji:
Gaudreau-Lindholm-Tkachuk
Mangiapane-Backlund-Coleman
Lucic-Monahan-Toffoli
Lewis-Richardson-Ritchie
Dube-Ruzicka
Hanifin-Andersson
Kylington-Tanev
Zadorov-Gudbranson
Stone
Markstrom
Washington Capitals
The Capitals have recalled goaltender Zach Fucale from the AHL's Hershey Bears, it was announced Thursday.
This comes after goalie Ilya Samsonov left practice Wednesday with an apparent injury, taking a shot up high and skating off hunched over.
Capitals have recalled goaltender Zach Fucale from Hershey, per team.
— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) March 3, 2022
Ilya Samsonov was hurt in yesterday’s practice. Team didn’t have an update on him yesterday afternoon. Vitek Vanecek played Sunday night in Hershey and Monday for WSH vs TOR. He practiced normally yesterday.
The Washington Post's Samantha Pell tweets the Capitals did not have an update on Samsonov, but he did do individual work after the Caps left the ice Thursday.
Meanwhile, forward Anthony Mantha, who has been out since November with a shoulder injury, was on the ice for Washington's morning skate. Head coach Peter Laviolette did not rule him out from playing Thursday night against the Carolina Hurricanes and general manager Brian MacLellan said the team would have cap space to activate him if he was to return.
Vitek Vanecek and Zach Fucale are the only goalies on the ice for Capitals optional AM skate.
— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) March 3, 2022
Anthony Mantha is also on the ice for the optional. Laviolette didn’t rule him out from playing tonight vs CAR. MacLellan said the team would have the cap space to activate him, if so.
The 27-year-old has two goals and four assists in 10 games so far this season.
Philadelphia Flyers
The Flyers have loaned forward Isaac Ratcliffe to the AHL's Lehigh Valley Phantoms, it was announced Thursday.
Transaction: Flyers forward Isaac Ratcliffe has been loaned to the @LVPhantoms (AHL).
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) March 3, 2022
Ratcliffe has one goal and three assists in 10 games with the Flyers so far this season and 13 points in 33 AHL games.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy is the expected starter in net for Tampa Thursday night as they take on the Pittsburgh Penguins, tweets The Athletic's Joe Smith.
Andrei Vasilevskiy starting tonight for @TBLightning. Elliott expected Friday vs Detroit
— Joe Smith (@JoeSmithTB) March 3, 2022
This likely means Brian Elliott will get the nod Friday night against the Detroit Red Wings in the second half of the Bolts' back-to-back.
Detroit Red Wings
The Red Wings have activated right winger Riley Barber from the injured reserve list and assigned him to the AHL's Grand Rapids Griffins, per CapFriendly.
NHL → Minor
— CapFriendly Transactions (@CF_Transactions) March 3, 2022
Riley Barber (RW) | DET#LGRWhttps://t.co/WCifk7oNvP
The 28-year-old has zero points in two games with the Wings this season to go along with eight goals and 11 assists in 23 AHL games.